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Euan Craik is chief executive of Argus Media Inc. in Houston and serves on the Board of Directors of Argus Media Ltd.

Since 2006, Euan has led the Argus management team in the Americas, expanding the reach of offices and breadth of services.

He joined Argus in 1996, initially as a specialist on the Russian oil and gas industries. From 2000, Euan served as Argus’ Executive Editor, based in London, where he developed Argus’ LNG coverage and other areas of the global gas and power portfolio.

In the early nineties, Euan worked in business journalism in Moscow, initially at the first post-Soviet business newspaper, Kommersant, then at the English-language Moscow Times. He was later awarded a fellowship at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics.

Karen Johnson, Senior Vice President, Commercial

Karen Johnson is Senior Vice-President Commercial of Argus Media Inc. based in Houston.

Karen joined Argus in 1994 and has led the commercial efforts in the Americas since 2003, growing the sales and marketing teams. She has also led divisions including finance, customer support and global sales during her tenure at Argus.

Karen has a BA from the University of Houston’s Honors College and graduated cum laude with majors in English literature and marketing.

Daniel Massey, President and Head of Business Development, Argus Americas

Daniel Massey is President of Argus Media Inc. in Houston and serves on the Board of Directors of Argus Media Ltd.

Daniel has over 25 years’ experience developing benchmark pricing methodologies and has been influential in the growth of Argus indexation in term contracts, derivatives, exchange and transfer pricing in the crude oil, refined products and natural gas liquids markets. Daniel was instrumental in the development of the Argus Sour Crude Index (ASCI) price.

Daniel regularly engages with global regulators and legislators on the complexities of the physical commodity markets and the role of benchmark prices in the supply chain. He is also involved in developing policies and procedures at Argus and maintaining high standards of compliance.

Daniel has launched numerous market services for Argus, increasing market transparency in opaque markets such as petroleum coke, jet fuel and biofuels. Daniel is a frequent speaker at energy industry conferences and seminars.

Daniel has a BA and MA from the University of Houston and has studied at both Rice University and the Oxford College of Petroleum Studies.

Vanessa Viola, Brazil Country Manager

Vanessa Viola is Brazil Country Manager and re-joined Argus in 2011. Vanessa is based in Rio de Janeiro and is working to expand the company’s business in that country.

Vanessa initially joined Argus in 2001, working as deputy editor of the Argus European Products report and editor of the Argus International LPG report before leaving in 2005 to work as an LPG broker with Gibson in London. Prior to her assignments in the UK, Vanessa worked as a political and financial correspondent for Reuters (Brasilia, Sao Paulo), as a financial reporter for Brazil’s leading news agency Agencia Estado and as a press relations officer with energy engineering company Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), also based in Sao Paulo.

A graduate from Brazil’s Casper Libero University with a BA in social communications, Vanessa has a Masters in international journalism from London’s City University. In addition to Portuguese and English, she is also fluent in Spanish.

Miles Weigel, Senior Vice President

Miles Weigel is Senior Vice-President of Argus in New York, responsible since 2002 for Argus’ global business with commodity exchanges and management of the northeast region.

Miles started his career in the energy industry 30 years ago as Managing Consultant with DRI, the former economic forecasting unit of McGraw-Hill, active in market analysis and trading strategy development for major energy and chemical companies. In 1988, he became Vice-President at Saladin, an energy pricing analysis software leader. In 2000, Miles became Chief Operating Officer of IPG, acquired by Argus for its electricity pricing services.

Miles received an MS in policy analysis and econometrics, and a BA in biology from the University of Rochester.

Kristine Klavers, Senior Vice President Consulting, Americas

Kristine Klavers is Argus’ Senior Vice-President of Consulting for the Americas, based in Houston.

Kristine has more than 23 years of experience in consulting and is an expert on global fuels and refining. Prior to joining Argus, she was in charge of Hart Energy’s Research & Consulting division where she built their global presence, established the International Fuel Quality Center, and was publisher of FUEL Magazine. Prior to joining Hart Energy in 1996, Kristine worked in the UK on the business management of oxygenated fuels for LyondellBasell, which acquired Arco Chemical Co in 1998, as well as a process engineer for Japanese Gasoline Co. (JGC) in Japan.

A native of Oslo, Norway, Kristine earned her master’s degree in chemical engineering at the University of Twente, Netherlands. She also developed a catalyst for methane coupling at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan that was sold to the industry and patented.

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